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30 March
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2023
Version history:
1.1, 18 December 2017
1.2, 3 September 2018
- 1.3, 31 March 2022
Fonts
Typesetters ordinarily use the Windows font Batang (바탕). macOS users may use AppleMyungjo (애플명조). Batang font sizes:
Brill 11 pt: ~ Batang 11 pt
Brill 10 pt: ~ Batang 9 pt
Brill 9 pt: ~ Batang 9 pt
Please also consult CJKV fonts: How to choose between them.
Please see below for archaic Hangul syllables.
Emphasis
- 2.0, 30 March 2023
- 2.0.1, 6 April 2023
Fonts
In order to support not only modern Korean but also older texts, version 2.0 of Typesetting Korean now specifies Use the Google Noto Serif CJK kr Bold font.
Windows and macOS
Windows fonts, as long as they are TrueType fonts (.ttf) or TrueType Collections (.ttc), or CFF-flavoured OpenType fonts (.otf), can also be used on macOS.
Archaic Hangul syllables
The OS-supplied fonts mentioned above, Batang and AppleMyungjo, are not capable of displaying all Hangul syllables that were ever used, especially so-called ‘archaic’ ones. In case these archaic Hangul syllables need to be rendered, a fallback font must be used. , Regular and Bold, as the main typeface for Korean text. This typeface covers both Hanja and Hangul; even archaic Hangul are supported, something which was missing from the previously-specified Batang typeface. The Hanja coverage of Noto Serif CJK kr is the equal of Batang’s. (According to information found previously on the Google Noto website, the Noto CJK fonts support “over 1.5 million archaic Hangul syllables and 11,172 modern syllables as well as all CJK ideographs in KS X 1001 and KS X 1002.” The two fonts Brill specifies are:)
Note that the Noto Serif CJK kr type sizes differ from the previous Batang type sizes!
Brill 11 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 9½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000
Brill 10 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 8½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000
Brill 9 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 8½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000
Please also consult CJKV fonts: How to choose between them.
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Use the Google Noto Serif CJK kr
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Bold font.
Download the fonts from GitHub
The Google Noto fonts can be downloaded and used at no cost. The source that is best used is GitHub, because it always has the most recent version available:
noto-cjk/Serif at main · notofonts/noto-cjk · GitHub
The Noto CJK fonts are available in various collections. Brill typesetters must use the Language-specific OTFs for Korean:
https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-cjk/releases/download/Serif2.001/08_NotoSerifCJKkr.zip
From this .zipped package, use only the Regular and Bold fonts.
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